Carlton Primary School

Carlton Primary School has demonstrated commendable performance in its first inspection as part of the Selby Educational Trust, achieving a 'Good' rating across all areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The headteacher, Jon Watson, along with the trust’s leadership, has fostered a positive learning environment where pupils are happy, engaged, and behave well. The curriculum is ambitious and carefully structured to cater to all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school has made considerable strides in ensuring all pupils benefit from high-quality teaching and consistent practices in reading and mathematics.

Strengths

• High expectations for pupil learning and behaviour.
• Effective personal development programs supporting pupil well-being.
• Strong curriculum design with a focus on early reading.
• Good use of professional development for staff.
• Positive impact of the school's attendance improvement efforts.

Areas for Improvement

• Lack of clarity in the progression of knowledge in some foundation subjects.
• Inconsistent subject-specific training for curriculum leaders in certain subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Carlton Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at Carlton Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Carlton Primary School had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.5% of pupils at Carlton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Carlton Primary School received £6,249 and spent £6,461 for each of its 171 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £133,000 (£779 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Selby Educational Trust, income was £6,359 and spending £6,817 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Carlton Primary School is part of Selby Educational Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Cliffe Voluntary Controlled Primary School Selby
• Selby Community Primary School Selby
• Fairburn Community Primary School Knottingley
• Aberford Church of England Primary School Leeds
• Strawberry Fields Primary School Leeds

What is Carlton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Carlton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Carlton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Carlton Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Carlton Primary School have?

Carlton Primary School has 181 pupils on roll.

What age range does Carlton Primary School cover?

Carlton Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Carlton Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Carlton Primary School?

Carlton Primary School is at Townend Avenue, Carlton, Goole, DN14 9NR.